songzme
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My name is Amay and I teach people about JavaScript at c0d3.com
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Comment · 3 years ago
I used to be addicted to youtube too, and when looking for a browser extension I found that just adding /etc/hosts entry (on a mac ) works well enough for me that I don't need an actual plugin. 127.0.0.1 youtube.com www.youtube.com
It's fast, and when I need to use youtube I just uncomment out the line in vim.
Comment · 3 years ago
good idea. FYI you can also `sudo vim /etc/hosts` and map any websites to 127.0.0.1, effectively blocking them. Your comment inspired me to do that thank you!
Comment · 4 years ago
if I want to replicate what the author did, what drawing tool / software should I get to do the initial drawing? I use ubuntu so preferably something compatible with that.
Comment · 4 years ago
I recently got interested in looking at the planets and constellations and I want to suggest these to anyone who is interested:
This book introduced me to how the earth moves and how to find any constellations in the sky: https://www.amazon.com/Stars-New-Way-See-Them/dp/0544763440/
My area has pretty bad light pollution and so having this binoculars really helps to see the hard to see stars (The wide angles helps you see several stars at once so I prefer it to the telescopes): https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B084R99W8Q/
Comment · 4 years ago
> recursion is "useless in industry"
From my experience its true. I have never written recursive code in my 12 years of professional experience (primarily JS).
But during interviews, I have written recursive solutions many times to solve some of the harder problems.
Comment · 4 years ago
I've been a SWE for 12 years and has been teaching people how to code during my free time ever since I started coding (so more than 12 years of teaching).
I have taught around 30 students over the past 12 years who went from knowing nothing to getting a SWE job and from my limited dataset I have observed that:
1. Students who were taught for/while loops first has a hard time grasping recursion. I suspect it is because following the recursive callstack gets tricky and feels unintuitive. This inspired me to try a curriculum where I teach students recursion first and don't expose them for/while loops until they are prepping for interviews.
2. Students who were taught recursion first has no problem understanding for/while loops when they were exposed to it.
For people who are curious, I used to teach students at my local library but recently created a free online curriculum at: https://c0d3.com
Comment · 4 years ago
thanks these books look interesting to me added them to my kindle!
Comment · 4 years ago
thank you so much I will go learn Kubernetes and Terraform and how they work
Comment · 4 years ago
sorry I should clarify the parts I don't know. I know how to build a full stack app with user accounts, deploy it to the cloud, then add websockets. I own https://www.c0d3.com
I don't know how to create server instances on the fly.
Comment · 4 years ago
Does this mean that it is final and that come winter I don't have to reset my clocks anymore?
A bit sad because I have always correlated 12pm as the sun being at its highest point (except daylight savings time, but I mentally adjust for that). Now the sun will always be at the highest point at 1pm.
Comment · 4 years ago
I thought about it, and I decided not to. TBH, I like vesting stocks and the stock growth helps me work alot less than I need to ( get to quit, take a year off and live off selling the stock, then go back to work).
With contracting I would have to save and every hour I don't work is an hour I'm not getting money its a bit stressful to think about.
Comment · 4 years ago
okay I will try this thank you for the suggestion!